Senator Young’s SB 351 would require as opposed to permit the issuance of a license, under rules established by the Natural Resources Commission, to harvest, possess, and sell the roe of shovelnose sturgeon, paddlefish, and bowfin. “Roe,” as the statute helpfully explains, refers to the eggs or gametes of one of these fish. It also requires issuance of licenses to nonresidents — currently the statute speaks only to licensure of state residents.
Mainly this bill stood out to me as one of those laws that struck me as oddly specific. It reminds me of just how wide ranging our laws can be and how much legislators are expected to know and how lobbyists can become influential. Knowledgeable as a particular lawmaker may be, there is going to be an enormous range of things they don’t know about and they’re going to turn to someone to clue them in. Lobbyists, if they’re doing their job, will be ready and willing to provide explanations.
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